Talk:Biliverdin

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Molecular Biology, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Molecular Biology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Molecular BiologyWikipedia:WikiProject Molecular BiologyTemplate:WikiProject Molecular BiologyMolecular Biology articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.
	This article is supported by the Molecular and Cell Biology task force (assessed as Low-importance).

Chemicals Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Chemicals, a daughter project of WikiProject Chemistry, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of chemicals. To participate, help improve this article or visit the project page for details on the project.ChemicalsWikipedia:WikiProject ChemicalsTemplate:WikiProject Chemicalschemicals articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Macrophages do not break down senescent erythrocytes[edit]

But senecent erytrocytes are broken down spontaneously in the spleen (mostly) and in the liver (10 %). Macrophages phagocytose their fragments.

Diagram is the same for biliverdin and bilirubin[edit]

Diagram is the same for biliverdin and bilirubin. At least one is therefore wrong.

Answer: After checking the Merck Index, I have now corrected the biliverdin structure. There was a double C=C bond missing between the second and third pyrrole rings.Dirac66 19:46, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Derived from "Bile" + "verdin/green"--Mr Fink (talk) 04:42, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject class rating[edit]

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 07:52, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Source for further chemical content[edit]

Should there ever be interest in including chemistry content on this particular chemical species, KM Smith (1984), updated online as of 2009, has nice review-level information discussing model studies in relation to the in vivo scission of the heme ring in the production of biliverdin. See K.M. Smith (1984) "Porphyrins, Corrins and Phthalocyanines," in Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry, Vol. 4, Pergamon:Oxford, pp. 377–442 (esp. §3.07.2.4.2, Oxidation, 391ff), available online HERE. Signed, 67.175.84.85 (talk) 04:30, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]